Battista
# Battista

Battista is a given name and surname which means Baptist in Italian.

## Given named

* Battista Agnese (died 1564), cartographer from the Republic of Genoa, who worked in the Venetian Republic
* Battista Dossi, also known as Battista de Luteri, Italian painter
* Battista Farina (1893-1966), later Battista Pininfarina, Italian automobile designer and the founder of the Carrozzeria Pininfarina.
* Battista Sforza (1446-1472), Duchess of Urbino and second wife of Federico da Montefeltro

## Surnamed

* Bobbie Battista (1952-2020), American journalist
* Giovanni Battista, multiple people
* Miriam Battista (1912-1980), American actress
* Orlando Aloysius Battista (1917-1995), Canadian chemist and author.

## Others

* Battista, a Disney character who is Scrooge McDuck's butler.
* Pininfarina Battista, the first car from Automobili Pininfarina
